<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Lady Fired For Giving Away A Timbit Is Rehired : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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Canada's answer for McDonald's.<br/><br/>Seriously though, I know first hand that they DO give free timbits to dogs at the drive-thru.</i></div>After reading this Yahoo story, I do believe that my email may have helped get her job back with an apology from the company.<br/><br/><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080508/odds/odd_doughnut_dc" rel="nofollow">http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080508/odds/odd_doughnut_dc</a></div> <br/><br/>Douglas said Tim Hortons had received a number of complaints. &quot;Thankfully we're able to go back to them and say we were able to fix the situation,&quot; she said.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/9/2008 9:42:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-09T21:42:17+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>254774</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61264/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[kidsizedcoffin @ 5/9/2008 9:25:09 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[It is amazing what a bit of bad publicity will do for policy or stupid decisions.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/9/2008 9:25:09 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-09T21:25:09+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>254766</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61264/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[zzz @ 5/9/2008 9:05:15 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[This was my email to Tim Horton's that morning, Rachel's reply, and my reply to her.<br/><br/>I then corrected the story I posted here, and also emailed the Toronto Star. <br/><br/>The Toronto Star wrote me around 11 am saying that they corrected the story.<br/><br/>-----------<br/><br/>OK,<br/><br/>Thanks for the quick action and reply.  I have posted corrections on the websites.<br/><br/>-----Original Message-----<br/>From: rachel@timhortons.com <br/>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:18 AM<br/>To: Z<br/>Subject: Re: Why I am boycotting Tim Horton's starting this morning - FAMILY VALUES - NOT AT TIM HORTON'S !!!!<br/><br/>Dear Z:<br/> <br/>Unfortunately tha actions of the manager of this location were not appropriate nor grounds for dismissal. <br/><br/>With an apology from management Ms. Lilliman has been rehired by this Tim Hortons franchisee at another location. <br/><br/>Regards,<br/><br/>Rachel<br/> <br/>-----&quot;Z&quot; wrote: -----<br/><br/>&gt;To:&gt;Date: 05/08/2008 07:25AM <br/>&gt;Subject: Why I am boycotting Tim Horton's starting this morning -<br/>&gt;FAMILY VALUES - NOT AT TIM HORTON'S !!!! <br/>&gt; <br/>&gt; <br/>&gt;I remember as a child, going to bakeries, and almost every time they would give me a free cookie. Most local bakeries still do that<br/>&gt;for children nowadays.  <br/>&gt;   <br/>&gt;Obviously, Tim Hortons does not believe in a simple value system and<br/>&gt;common human decency.  <br/>&gt;   <br/>&gt;I was a regular Tim Hortons customer. However, I will not be purchasing anything again from your stores, ever, unless I hear that this woman got her job back, along with full compensation for the time she lost.  <br/>&gt;   <br/>&gt;I have also posted this story to two websites, and will continue posting to two websites every day (large, very influential websites read by millions of people) unless this woman is returned<br/>&gt;to her job.  <br/>&gt;   <br/>&gt;These type of stories about corporations disgust me.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/9/2008 9:05:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-09T21:05:15+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>254728</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61264/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[Moogle @ 5/9/2008 7:23:14 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Ah Timmies.... Canada's answer for McDonald's.<br/><br/>Seriously though, I know first hand that they DO give free timbits to dogs at the drive-thru.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/9/2008 7:23:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-09T19:23:14+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>